# helt
## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German helt (“hero”) or German Held (“hero”), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“hero”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

#### Noun

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helte)
* hero (a person who shows great courage and carries out extraordinary deeds)
* hero (a person who helps other selflessly)
* hero (a rolemodel)
* hero (the protagonist in a narrative)

##### Derived terms

* antihelt
* drømmehelt
* filmhelt
* frihedshelt
* heltedyrkelse
* heltegerning
* heltesagn
* heltinde
* krigshelt
* nationalhelt
* sportshelt
* superhelt
* søhelt
* tøffelhelt

#### References

* “helt,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish hielth, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“hilt”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

#### Noun

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helt)
* whitefish (especially the species Coregonus lavaretus).

##### Declension
#### References

* “helt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːˀlt/, [ˈheˀld̥]

#### Adjective

helt
* neuter singular of hel

#### Adverb

helt
* completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely
* quite, fairly

#### References

* “helt,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

helt
* inflection of hellen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse heill.

#### Adjective

helt
* neuter singular of hel

#### Adverb

helt
* completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly
* quite, fairly

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German helt (“hero”).

#### Noun

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural helter, definite plural heltene)
* a hero (person of great bravery)
* a hero (main protagonist)

##### Derived terms

* folkehelt
* nasjonalhelt

#### See also

* heltinne

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* hela, helet (of hele)
* hellet (of helle)

#### Verb

helt
* past participle of hele (Etymology 4)
* past participle of helle

### References

* “helt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German helt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlt/

### Noun

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural heltar, definite plural heltane)
* a hero (person of great bravery)
* a hero (main protagonist)

#### Derived terms

* folkehelt
* nasjonalhelt

### See also

* heltinne

### References

* “helt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Verb

helt
* inflection of halda:
** first-person singular past indicative active
** third-person singular past indicative active

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːlt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

helt
* indefinite neuter singular of hel

### Adverb

helt (not comparable)
* entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English health.

### Noun

helt
* health

## Yola
### Alternative forms

* hulth

### Etymology

From Middle English helen, from Old English helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlt/, /hʊlt/

### Verb

helt (past participle hole)
* covered, buried, interred

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46